Learning and Understanding:

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This book takes a fresh look at programs for advanced studies for high school students in the United States, with a particular focus on the Advanced Placement and the International Baccalaureate programs, and asks how advanced studies can be significantly improved in general. It also examines two of the core issues surrounding these programs: they can have a profound impact on other components of the education system and participation in the programs has become key to admission at selective institutions of higher education. By looking at what could enhance the quality of high school advanced study programs as well as what precedes and comes after these programs, this report provides teachers, parents, curriculum developers, administrators, college science and mathematics faculty, and the educational research community with a detailed assessment that can be used to guide change within advanced study programs.The curriculum for the course centers on a series of questions, including those
designed to help students understand the nature of knowledge in ... A student
who satisfies the Theory of Knowledge, Extended Essay, and CAS requirements
and achieves a cumulative score of at least 24 points on the ... To what extent can
science be understood through the study of just one discipline, for example
physics?

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Learning and Understanding:

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Committee on Programs for Advanced Study of Mathematics and Science in American High Schools, Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, National Research Council, Board on Testing and Assessment, Board on Science Education

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National Academies Press - 2002-08-06

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